American Consequences - October 2020

don’t have much money or any real remaining influence... well, I’m pretty excited about the bang I’ve gotten for my buck in helping make the world’s sole superpower a deeply divided, highly politicized, dysfunctional mess. Re: The One Thing Everyone in America Can Agree On... It’s a revelation that Buck is on staff at American Consequences. Glad I signed up for the emails. Buck is right in step with my own take on the debate, right down the line. I especially like that analysis of Trump: “... even to his most ardent supporters, has a gruff, free-wheeling style on stage against an opponent.” That is exactly what I like about him. I wanted to find a previous president in my experience to compare him to; the closest I could get was Harry Truman. But I was just a kid when Harry was president so the details are hazy – I guess

videos, memes, Twitter messages, Facebook ads and posts, and many other mediums and messages. It’s very likely that you – and every other person who’s read the news, visited Facebook or YouTube, or just plain existed online – have been exposed to what’s cleverly disguised propaganda. There’s really no question about what Russia’s been doing. (And if you believe Vladimir Putin’s protests of innocence, I not only have a little bridge in San Francisco that I’d be happy to sell you... I also have a modestly sized palace in downtown Moscow that’s just off a big square that I’d also be prepared to part with for the right price!) There is space for debate about its impact – which of course is a completely subjective assessment. But as I wrote, if I’m Russia and I’m looking to have some impact on global geopolitics, and I

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